9Permits

9 Permits

(1) Subject to this section, upon application made to the Minister in accordance with the prescribed form or, if no form is prescribed, a form approved by him or her, the Minister may, in his or her discretion, grant to a person a permit in writing authorizing the person, in, or in a specified part of, the Convention area, to do either or both of the following: (a) harvest marine organisms of a specified kind or kinds; (b) carry out research with respect to marine organisms of a specified kind or kinds. (2) A permit shall not be granted under subsection (1) authorizing a person to do an act, or an act included in a class of acts, that is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection. (3) The Minister shall, in and in relation to the exercise of his or her powers under this section, have due regard to the objective and principles of the Convention. (4) A permit granted under this section: (a) is subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the permit or as are imposed in pursuance of subsection (5) in respect of the permit; (b) comes into force on a date specified in the permit or, if no date is so specified, on the date on which it is granted; and (c) remains in force for such period as is specified in the permit. (5) At any time while a permit is in force the Minister may, upon his or her own motion or upon application made in accordance with subsection (6), by notice in writing served on the holder of the permit, vary or revoke a condition to which the permit is subject or impose a further condition in respect of the permit. (6) The holder of a permit may make application in writing to the Minister for the variation or revocation of a condition to which the permit is subject or for the imposition of a further condition in respect of the permit. (7) The Minister shall cause to be kept, in such manner and at such place or places as he or she directs, a register of permits in force from time to time, showing the purpose for which the permit was granted and the conditions (if any) to which each permit is from time to time subject and such other matters relating to each permit as the Minister thinks fit. (8) Such fees as are prescribed are payable in respect of grants of permits. (9) In this section, grant includes grant by way of renewal.